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loquacious adjective [ ləˈkweɪʃəs ]

• tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
• "never loquacious, Sarah was now totally lost for words"
Similar: talkative, garrulous, voluble, over-talkative, long-winded, wordy, verbose, profuse, prolix, effusive, gushing, rambling, communicative, chatty, gossipy, gossiping, chattering, chattery, babbling, blathering, gibbering, with the gift of the gab, yakking, big-mouthed, gabby, gassy, talky, multiloquent, multiloquous,
Opposite: reticent, taciturn,
Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin loquax, loquac- (from loqui ‘talk’) + -ious.


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